ROCHESTER, NY - The United Collegiate Hockey Conference is pleased to announce its 2019-20 Year-End Award Winners and All-Conference teams. The awards were selected through an all-encompassing survey of the league’s head coaches.
Elmira College continues to rule the roost on the Conference Player of the Year Vote, as a member of the Soaring Eagles takes home the league’s top honor for a third straight season. Junior forward Emma Crocker is the 2020 Player of the Year after leading Elmira to the UCHC North Division title. The third year member of the Soaring Eagles had her best season yet, as she ranks second in the UCHC in points per conference game (1.94), and is also tied for fifth nationally in points per game across all contests (1.54) In conference play, she has logged 31 points on 13 goals and 18 assists. Overall, she has a 40 point campaign with 19 goals and 21 assists, and is one of just five players nationally this year to hit the 40 point mark. She was seventh in the nation in power play goals. She was preceded by fellow Elmira skaters Sarah Hughson and Katie Granato in winning the same award.
Julianna Gong of William Smith is the 2020 UCHC Rookie of the Year after a dazzling campaign that will continue this weekend with a semifinal berth for the Herons. She was fourth among UCHC skaters in conference play with 26 points and an average of 1.62 points per game. She has twelve goals and fourteen assists in UCHC play this year and is one of only three first year skaters to average over a point a game in UCHC play. In her overall campaign, Gong currently has 34 points on fifteen goals and nineteen assists while appearing in all 26 games.
Lebanon Valley goaltender Jillian Moffatt wraps up a phenomenal career by being voted as the conference Goaltender of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. Moffatt was 4-16-1 this season with a 92.2 percent save percentage and a 3.58 goals against average. She did so while leading the nation in saves with 900 total. In conference play, she was 3-11-1 with a 92.1 percent save percentage, and had 651 saves in UCHC play alone. During her four year career, Moffatt completely decimated the NCAA Division III women’s career saves record by 1,242 saves, and finished with 4,444 stops in her career. She has recorded more saves than any goaltender in the history of NCAA Ice Hockey, men’s or women’s, in all divisions.
Manhattanville head coach David Turco is the 2020 UCHC Coach of the Year. Turco wins the award after guiding his charges to a 13-2-1 record in UCHC play, and the top spot in the UCHC South Division. The Valiants have advanced on to the UCHC Semifinals this weekend at Elmira College.
The full complement of award winners is listed below.
UCHC WOMEN’S AWARDS 2020
Player of the Year: Emma Crocker, Elmira College
Rookie of the Year: Julianna Gong, William Smith College
Defensive Player of the Year: Jillian Moffatt, Lebanon Valley College
Goaltender of the Year: Jillian Moffatt, Lebanon Valley College
Coach of the Year: David Turco, Manhattanville College
First Team All-UCHC
Forward: Emma Crocker, Elmira College
Forward: Tianna Lopes, Manhattanville College
Forward: Gina Scibetta, William Smith College
Defense: Kiana Melvin, Elmira College
Defense: Zoey Pellowitz, Manhattanville College
Goaltender: Jillian Moffatt, Lebanon Valley College
Second Team All-UCHC
Forward: Katelyn Brown, Neumann University
Forward: Abbey Luth, Nazareth College
Forward: Eliza Beaudin, Elmira College
Defense: Olivia Gilida, Alvernia University
Defense: Keeley Rose, Nazareth College
Goaltender: Elizabeth Hanson, Elmira College
UCHC All-Rookie Team
Forward: Julianna Gong, William Smith College
Forward: Karly Aguirre, Stevenson University
Forward: Carolyn Whitney, Utica College
Defense: Olivia Gilida, Alvernia University
Defense: Jordan Holt, Elmira College
Goaltender: Lena Flores, Manhattanville College
UCHC Honorable Mention
(Player Appears on Minimum Of Three All-Conference Voting Ballots)
Forward: Amanda Sabia, Manhattanville College
Forward: Hailey Redders, Nazareth College
Forward: Julianna Gong, William Smith College
Defense: Ali Howard, Manhattanville College
Defense: Amanda Zenstein, Elmira College
Defense: Emily Martino, William Smith College
Goaltender: Helen Cooney, Neumann University